April 14, 2020 - Day 19 of Flexible Learning
- Suzanne Flammer
- Apr 14, 2020
- 3 min read
Hope everyone enjoyed the break. Today, we will have a Google meet - Class Check In at 11:30. This will be the weekly time, Tuesday at 11:30, for our Google meet - Class Check in going forward during our Flexible Learning. Looking forward to seeing everyone today and hearing about your weekend.
Please note it is important to keep in mind your child's IEP goals. These skills may be addressed through the provided activities as well as the very natural everyday interactions such as daily routines and play. Play with your child as play is a child's work. All areas of development - cognitive, social/emotional, motor, and speech/language skills are achieved through everyday activities including play.
These are all suggestions for you to have in one location; if you find, that you need additional resources for your child. Our key word is Flexible and that is very important when working with young children. If you are in need of other resources, please just contact me. I will continue to send a morning email each school day with links to this page, my video, along with Ms. Cosgrove's morning message. It is important to email me your child's attendance, by 10am, each day so I may record it.
Please continue to email me your pictures. I love seeing your faces!
Theme: Spring
Letter of the Week: Ww
Suggested Activities
Read Alouds -
10 Little Rubber Ducks
Duck Craft
Trace 2 yellow circles - 1 large and 1 small. Trace your child's hand on yellow paper. Trace 3 orange ovals - 1 large and 2 small. Have your child cut each circle - cut large circle in half - ovals and hand tracing. Glue pieces to create duck. Draw eyes.
Rubber Duck Math Race
The idea of this came is to have your child set up 2 paths with ten spots. Roll die and move that number of spaces. No ducks - use any toy. No die - use number cards. The link below gives more ideas of playing this game.
Sensory Water Play
So, what is sensory play and the importance?
Sensory play includes any activity that stimulates your young child’s senses: touch, smell, taste, movement, balance, sight and hearing.
Sensory activities facilitate exploration and naturally encourage children to use scientific processes while they play, create, investigate and explore. The sensory activities allow children to refine their thresholds for different sensory information helping their brain to create stronger connections to process and respond to sensory information.
For example, initially a child may find it difficult to play appropriately with a peer when there are other things going on in the environment with conflicting noise. However, through sensory play exploring sounds and tasks a child learns to adapt to being able to block out the noise which is not important and focus on the play which is occurring with their peer.
Another example is a child who is particularly fussy with eating foods with a wet texture such as spaghetti, the use of sensory play can assist the child in touching, smelling and playing with the texture in an environment with little expectation.
As the child develops trust and understanding of this texture it helps build positive pathways in the brain to say it is safe to engage with this food. Sensory play literally helps shape what children to believe to be positive and safe in the brain. Ultimately, shaping the choices children make and impacting behavior.
Here are 5 reasons why sensory play is beneficial:
Research shows that sensory play builds nerve connections in the brain’s pathways, which lead to the child’s ability to complete more complex learning tasks.
Sensory play supports language development, cognitive growth, fine and gross motor skills, problem solving skills, and social interaction.
This type of play aids in developing and enhancing memory
Sensory play is great for calming an anxious or frustrated child
This helps children learn sensory attributes (hot, cold, sticky, dry)
Letter Ww Weekly Activities
Letter Ww and alphabet songs
Letter Ww - Mystery Box
Find and place 5-7 items/pictures that begin with the letter Vv. Have your child label each item/picture - talk about the item/picture - place items/pictures in box. Have your child recall the items that have been placed into the box. Repeat this activity daily with your child. Some items/pictures will be recalled easily - others may require a clue. Make this into a game with your child. This is an activity that we do during our circle time and was enjoyed by all.
Sensory Writing
Write letter Ww as well as other letters and numbers in shaving cream, rice, sand, or flour. Any substance will work to give your child that sensory input when writing letters.
Rainbow Writing
Write your name and/or letters - trace over each with a new color creating rainbow writing
Music/Movement
Duck, Duck, Goose - A simple game that encourages following directions while moving. Have you child move in various ways - run, hop, jump, skip, crawl, etc
Miss Melinda's Music Class
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